Former ESPN host David Pollack asked for support as his wife, Lindsey Pollack, prepares for brain cancer surgery.
“I do not share much of my personal life on social media but today is gonna be different,” David, 42, wrote via X on Monday, March 10. “If you are the praying type please lift up my wife Lindsey. She has brain cancer and surgery is Wednesday at Duke.”
He added, “So thankful to serve a loving God that meets us in our struggles!”
David and Lindsey share son Nicholas, currently a junior in high school, and daughter Leah, a sophomore.
Following a celebrated collegiate career at the University of Georgia, David was selected with the No. 17 overall pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2005 NFL Draft.
During the second game of his second season with the Bengals, David suffered a career-ending neck injury.
In 2009, David joined ESPN as a college football analyst. He would appear on a variety of the network’s programming, including College Gameday, before being laid off in June 2023.
ESPN announced David had been fired to achieve “some additional cost savings,” but David later theorized there was more beneath the surface.
“I’ve been very thankful that I’ve been fired,” David told Jason Whitlock on his “Fearless” podcast in October 2024. “It’s opened up me to be able to talk about whatever the subject is in a truthful manner.”
David, who cohosts a faith-focused podcast called “Family Goals” with his pastor, said he was “100 percent” concerned about how ESPN would respond to him saying anything they deemed controversial.
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“I’m not saying they always said that to me, but it was very clear like, ‘Your opinions you post on social media, while they are yours, they also represent us. So, we are taking that into account,” David told Whitlock.
He added, “I was absolutely worried about what I said so I didn’t get fired. I think that’s a bad thing. I think that’s a bad job by me, a really bad job by me.”
Since leaving ESPN, David has taken on a larger role at The Pollack Family Foundation, which he helped launch with Lindsey.
According to its website, the organization initially aimed to “educate and encourage individuals, families and communities on the benefits of nutrition and exercise with a focus of raising awareness about childhood obesity,” but it has since shifted to a religious-based goal of “empowering families” in the greater Atlanta area.